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Thunderbolt PHOTO FEATURE August 2016
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Air Force on display

Courtesy photo

The 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s successful launch July 18 of a Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft
headed to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, Fla. At about eight minutes after the launch, SpaceX successfully landed the Falcon 9
first-stage booster at Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral AFS. This Falcon 9 Dragon launch was the
13th major launch operation for the Eastern Range this year, and marks the ninth contracted mission
by SpaceX under NASA’s commercial resupply services contract.

Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown F-35A Lightning Senior Airman Mozer Da Cunha
II aircraft re-
ceive fuel July Airman 1st Class Nicolas Rose, 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire-
13 from a KC-10 fighter, looks for access points July 7 during an accident victim
Extender from extraction exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Access points
Travis Air Force were identified to remove the rear hatch allowing access to victims
Base, Calif., in the back of the vehicle. Larger vehicles, such as minivans, pro-
during a flight vide additional challenges when extracting victims, and removing
from England the rear hatch provides a more efficient way to remove victims
to the U.S. The while minimizing danger to first responders.
fighters were
returning to
Luke Air Force
Base after par-
ticipating in the
world’s largest
air show, the
Royal Interna-
tional Air Tat-
too.

Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to jump July 12 on Sicily An HH-60 Pave Hawk returns from an exercise mission July 12 at Nellis Air Force Base,
Drop Zone out of a C-17 Globemaster III during battalion mass tactical week Nev., as part of Red Flag 16-3. The exercise is one of four Red Flags at Nellis AFB, with
at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Army and Air Force units worked together during this iteration focusing on air, space and cyberspace operations.
joint readiness exercise to improve interoperability for worldwide crisis, con-
tingency and humanitarian operations.